some of us love you || meeting 11/29

[Stryker]

After being denied a night's stay, the lion had settled down cautiously within Elysium's outskirts. The climate was nothing like the tropics of the Coalition of the Condemned, but nothing wrong with a cold breeze once and awhile. Plus, it was a way to escape the burdens of his home for awhile. Nonetheless, the Kingpin still had business to manage here. Being denied passage within his former espionages' home left him disgruntled, especially since they had agreed on a neutrality in the first place and their former relations were thrown aside in favor for these pathetic pacifists. Just like Snowbound, Elysium had fallen. They chose to disregard the world around them and for what? To watch their loved ones die? Stryker's parents died due to Snowbound's pacifism and inability to fight back, so why should the people of Elysium experience the same loss he had?

Almost in a vaguely heroic act, but for all the wrong reasons, Stryker decided to do the same he had to Snowbound. Obliterate them. Take their leader, disband them, and takeover. From there, agree to some general terms to keep them afloat. With the power of Tanglewood, Palmclan, and Alithis behind him, their destruction was inevitable. Needless to say, there was no room to escape.

Prowling within the shadows, the lion watched from the underbrush as Hani and Alani made their nonchalant announcements. Mere welcomes. Nothing in acknowledgement to the current status of every group around them. As always, their ignorance never surprised Stryker. Letting out a lowly growl, he padded closer and watched as they finalized their words. His claws slowly unsheathed from his sockets and his teeth began to glint in the sunlight, ready to strike. Not towards the leaders though.

With a twist of his paw, the floor underneath Hani and Alani would open up. The twins would fall into the pit without a struggle and the ground would swallow them up easily, closing on top of them when finished. Stone spikes would spawn and surround them once successful. Any movement would cause them to be pricked by their sharp edge, causing blood to flow easily from the felines' vessels. Thankfully, the rock was thin. Their screams would be audible to him and the rest that gathered.

Afterwards, the lion appeared from the darkness and placed himself above the crowd. He sauntered to where Hani and Alani was once, loudly tapping his paw on the lid of their makeshift pit. Green eyes narrowed towards the crowd. A smirk appeared upon his maw as he leaned forward towards them. "Do I need to explain myself or are we all in aware that this is a takeover?" Stryker slyly cooed.

It was that simple.